Canna Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

Many bad actors have pushed products with little regard for compliance or consumer health & safety. Our clients include farmers, processors, retailers, and investors who want to build sustainable hemp businesses that can stand up to scrutiny. These operators should not receive federal support.

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NORML

JANUARY 30, 2023

If public safety is an actual priority for either chamber, then they will approve legislation to begin sales at licensed dispensaries as soon as possible.”. The post Poll: Virginia Voters Support Legalizing Adult-use Cannabis Retail Sales appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

MAY 17, 2023

“Over time, consumers are becoming more comfortable with and more reliant upon licensed retailers – who offer greater convenience, product quality, and safety.” The post Survey: Over Half of Consumers in Legal States Obtain Their Cannabis From Brick-and-Mortar Retailers appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The post Colorado: Compliance Check Data Confirms That Retailers Aren’t Selling Marijuana to Minors appeared first on NORML. “Regulation works. Illicit marijuana providers don’t ask for or check for ID, but licensed businesses most certainly do.”

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NORML

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

This ongoing federal prohibition also places the safety and welfare of these businesses’ customers at risk, as they must carry significant amounts of cash on their persons in order to make legal purchases at retail facilities.

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NORML

MARCH 26, 2024

Over time, consumers are becoming more comfortable with and more reliant upon licensed retailers – who typically offer greater convenience, product quality, and safety.” “These data indicate that the legal, regulated cannabis market is displacing the underground marketplace.

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NORML

APRIL 9, 2020

NORML’s Responsible Consumer Safety Tips. Read and download NORML’s consumer safety tips. States Taking Action to Ensure Uninterrupted Retail Access to Medical Cannabis During COVID-19 Outbreak. Download tips. As a member of our NORML family, we earnestly care about your well-being.

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Leafly

MARCH 2, 2020

The issue has grown heated for Alberta retailers following a rash of robberies. The post Do covered windows compromise safety at cannabis stores? appeared first on Leafly.

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NORML

MAY 19, 2020

In advancing these legislative goals, Congress is not necessarily endorsing any state or territory’s legalization of marijuana-related transactions; similarly, the enactment of the SAFE Banking Act is not a call for the legalization of medical or retail marijuana in those jurisdictions that choose not to pursue such an approach.

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Cannabis Life Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

court dismissed a lawsuit from owners of licensed cannabis retail shops. Last year, this group of cannabis retailers sued the province for not enforcing cannabis regulations. Bud market of “illicit” retailers doesn’t face these same hurdles. A British Columbia (B.C.)

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NORML

AUGUST 11, 2020

The Act permits those age 21 or older to possess up to one ounce of cannabis and directs revenue from retail cannabis sales to fund various public education and safety programs. The post Arizona: Adult-Use Legalization Initiative Qualifies for 2020 Ballot appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

JULY 1, 2020

The Act permits those 21 or older to possess up to one ounce of cannabis and directs revenue from retail cannabis sales to fund various public education and safety programs. The post Arizona: Marijuana Legalization Proponents Turn In Nearly Twice The Signatures Required to Qualify for 2020 Ballot appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Last Wednesday, he essentially demanded that in exchange for allowing the cannabis industry to access to basic banking services, that the federal government should impose a 2% THC cap on marijuana products and prohibit the retail sale of marijuana-infused edibles or e-liquid vapor extracts. These are the points that resonated with Sen.

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NORML

MAY 19, 2020

Both states experienced their highest jumps in tourism following the advent of retail cannabis sales. Additional information appears in the NORML fact-sheet , “Marijuana Regulation: Impact on Health, Safety, and Economy.” Washington state also experienced an uptick, but it was not as significant.

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NORML

MARCH 23, 2020

In Oregon, the state Attorney General ordered a Portland CBD retailers to remove misleading advertising claiming that the compound may boost one’s natural immunity to the virus. A greater discussion of these cannabis safety guidelines are available from NORML here.). ”

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NORML

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

"This is an extraordinary disappointment for Virginians who were loudly calling for access to retail sales to begin earlier than 2024, and ultimately a real failure by the legislature to provide for public and consumer safety.".

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 19, 2019

As for the effect of cannabis stores on the property values in their surrounding neighborhoods, the report observes: Modern cannabis retail stores are moving from the industrial fringes of town to prestige locations in high-value shopping districts. That study found that “single-family residences close to a retail conversion (within 0.1

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Cannabis Life Network

APRIL 28, 2022

An anonymous group of cannabis retailers are suing the British Columbia government. The plaintiffs are 14 retailers from BC and Alberta. The post Cannabis Retailers Suing BC Government appeared first on Cannabis News, Lifestyle - Headlines, Videos & Cooking. They are seeking $40 million in damages.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 20, 2021

The Food Safety authority of Ireland (FSAI) has invited the owners and managers of small food businesses to attend a free webinar addressing the legalities of selling cannabidiol (CBD), a chemical compound found in cannabis.

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NORML

JUNE 25, 2019

Pritzker has signed legislation legalizing the adult use of marijuana and regulating its commercial production and retail sale. Illinois Gov. Illinois is now the eleventh state to legalize adult-use marijuana, and it is the second state to legalize marijuana use via legislative action rather than by voter initiative.

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NORML

MARCH 4, 2019

Members of the state Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation on Thursday establishing a system of retail marijuana sales to adults. Phil Scott has also expressed his intent to veto the legislation if it fails to adequately fund efforts directed toward youth prevention and traffic safety. Republican Gov.

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NORML

MAY 31, 2019

Washington, DC : Today the US Food and Drug Administration is taking in-person public testimony with regard to the “manufacturing, product quality, marketing, labeling, and sale” of CBD-infused retail products. ” Currently, commercially marketed CBD-infused products are not subject to explicit federal regulations.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 24, 2021

Assistant Deputy Minister Cannabis, Consumer Protection and Corporate Policy Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General Victoria, BC The Ministry… Read More. The post Canada: Retail Store Manager Canna Cabana Inc – London, ON Sound knowledge of Cannabis plants and different strains of Cannabis.

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NORML

MARCH 28, 2019

It also places the safety and welfare of these business’ customers at risk, as they must carry significant amounts of cash on their persons in order to make legal purchases at retail facilities. The enactment of these policies have not negatively impacted workplace safety , crime rates , traffic safety , or youth use patterns.

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NORML

OCTOBER 8, 2019

We observed no statistically significant long-term effects of recreational cannabis laws or the initiation of retail sales on violent or property crime rates in these states.” … Our results from Colorado and Washington suggest that legalization has not had major detrimental effects on public safety.” ’

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2020

According to the BCC, these new regulations are designed to help consumers identify the licensed cannabis retail store from which they are purchasing, and to help law enforcement and “support the legal cannabis market where products such as vape cartridges are routinely tested to protect public health and safety.”

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NORML

MARCH 12, 2019

After months of negotiation, Governor Murphy and NJ state legislators have reached a deal on what will be included in upcoming legislation to legalize the adult-use and retail sale of marijuana in the state of New Jersey.

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NORML

AUGUST 29, 2019

. “These regulations should include age restrictions, prohibitions on the unlicensed commercial production or retail sale of the plant and rational limits with regard to product marketing.” ” For more information on the public health and safety of cannabis, please see NORML’s fact-sheets here.

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NORML

MAY 15, 2019

The agency will be taking public testimony on Friday, May 31, with regard to the “manufacturing, product quality, marketing, labeling, and sale” of CBD-infused retail products. ” The FDA is accepting written comments from the public through July 2, 2019.

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Medicinal Genomics

JULY 14, 2022

The truth is that total count tests are not a good indicator of cannabis and hemp product safety for the following reasons: Pathogenic microbes may still be present Testing methods often do not agree Growers are discouraged from using beneficial microbes Growers are encouraged to use remediation. fumigatus, A. Methods do not agree.

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Cannabis Life Network

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Cannabis retailers in British Columbia, particularly the Okanagan, are frustrated with the competition. The worse part is, they are unlicensed and shouldn’t be interfering with private retailers’ profits. Licenced cannabis shops are also upset with government interest in undercutting private legal retail cannabis […].

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NORML

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Senate Bill 686 seeks to legalize the use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of small amounts of marijuana for adults. House Bill 481 seeks to allow for the use, possession, and retail sale of marijuana by adults. House Bill 356 seeks to permit the use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of cannabis for adults 21 and over.

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NORML

MARCH 19, 2019

It also places the safety and welfare of these business’ customers at risk, as they must carry significant amounts of cash on their persons in order to make legal purchases at retail facilities. The enactment of these policies have not negatively impacted workplace safety , crime rates , traffic safety , or youth use patterns.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 21, 2020

Public Safety (PS) is supporting efforts to enforce the legalization and regulation of cannabis through activities to deter criminal activity and to help ensure that organized crime does not penetrate the legalized system. The AFN is expected to put forward its proposal to the Government of Canada by April 1, 2020. Considerations.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

La Jolla, CA: The establishment of licensed cannabis retailers is not independently associated with an increase in traffic crashes, according to data published in the journal Health Economics.

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NORML

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Reporters commissioned laboratory testing of 30 commercially available CBD products sold at retailers (non-dispensaries), including edible products and vapor products. Not a single product tested contained the precise amount of CBD that was advertised on the packaging.

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Leafly

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The post Florida halts amanita muscaria sales at nation’s only brick-and-mortar retailer appeared first on Leafly. The psychoactive mushrooms remain legal to purchase online for educational and spiritual purposes.

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